March 29, 2002

Memphis, Tenn. - The University of Memphis defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 6-1, on Friday night to advance to the championship match of the 23rd Annual UC-Irvine Anteater Classic in Irvine, California. The Tigers, the tournament's top seed and currently ranked 57th in the country, will play fellow C-USA member Southern Mississippi in the title match. Southern Miss knocked off the host team, UC-Irvine, in the other semifinal match.

Memphis has now won eight of its last nine matches and could win its second tournament of the spring. The Tigers were co-champions of the H.E.B. Invitational earlier this spring with Middle Tennessee after the final was rained out.

Results

Singles

No.1 Ben Stapp (M) d. # 66 Chris Borgues 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 No.2 Joe Schmulian (M) d. Shahzeb Niazi 6-4, 6-4 No.3 Gonzalo Figueiredo (TAMCC) d. Richard Magney 6-2, 6-4 No.4 Lee Taylor Walker (M) d. Oscar Roman 6-1, 6-3 No.5 Alex Bucewicz (M) d. Jason Holland 6-1, 7-6 No.6 Michael Chamberlain (M) d. Alfredo Baretto 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

No.1 Stapp/Walker (M) d. Niazi/Roman 8-1 No.2 Schmulian/Chamberlain (M) d. Bergues/Oprea 8-6 No.3 Bucewicz/Lahaie (M) d. Figueiredo/Baretto 8-5